Provides a history of the design and construction of the Julia Ideson building of the Houston Public Library, now home to the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Includes 21 illustrations.
Subtitle: Containing the present state, county and city governments; a complete list of all county officials, post offices and money order offices in Texas; also, an index of societies, associations, churches, corporations, educational institutes;...
Opening Titles: Text reads (in order): "A Vacation Junket, June 1939. In Two Parts. Photographed by Orris D. Brown. Done in a hop, skip and jump. Nashville Tenn." -- Replica of Parthenon: Footage of the exterior of the Parthenon building in...
Subtitle: Containing the present state, county and city governments, and a complete list of all county officials, post offices and money order offices in Texas; also, an index of societies, associations, churches, corporations, educational...
These documents describe the Battle of Galveston which occurred on January 1, 1863 during the American Civil War. The battle was a victory for the confederate forces and left them with several Union warships. The last of these documents also...
These documents contain a general history of newspapers in Galveston,Texas as well as specific information on individual papers, including the Galveston News and the Galveston Tribune.
These documents discuss Jean Lafitte, a notorious pirate who settled to rule the Galveston area. Lafitte was among other things a rum runner, slave trader, and the self-styled "Lord of Galveston."
Letter from C. F. Richardson, a Director of Houston Negro Chamber of Commerce and National Negro Business League, to Governor James V. Allred extending an invitation to be a guest speaker at a public program at the National Negro Business League...
